
The remains of 13-year-old Zara Qairina Mahathir were brought out of the forensic medicine department at Queen Elizabeth I Hospital in Kota Kinabalu at about 9.30pm today after the post-mortem was completed.
It is understood that the procedure concluded at 7.30pm, and the body will be reburied at the Tanjung Ubi Muslim cemetery at Kampung Mesapol in Sipitang, about 130km away, tonight.
Kota Kinabalu police chief Kasim Muda said there were no untoward incidents. Members of the public had gathered at the hospital compound since this morning.
“Everything was calm, and I thank everyone for their cooperation. I request that the public now cooperate by dispersing,” Bernama reported him as saying.
Zara’s body was exhumed yesterday evening before it…